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We’re back with another giveaway, this time we are giving away a brand new Google Pixel 6a. It’s US only once again, and you can read on for all the details.The Pixel 6a was announced back in May at Google I/O. However, pre-orders did not open until July 21, with them being available on July 28. So we’ve had to wait quite a while for the new Pixel 6a, but it’s definitely worth the wait. This phone is being called the best sub-$500 smartphone of 2022.About the Google Pixel 6aThe Pixel 6a is the latest smartphone from…

Image Source : PIXABAY Cyber attack Phishing is a fraudulent activity and one of the easiest ways for cybercriminals to dupe us to break into our personal and financial information. Through phishing, fraudsters steal our data such as usernames, passwords, and debit card/ credit card details- and all this could be done by creating fake email ids, websites, and text messages with the intention to defraud users into opening the email/message and clicking on the link followed by putting our personal details.  Since the…

Veteran French director Jean-Jacques Annaud serves up some high-octane film-making with this old-fashioned disaster movie, composed in a docu-realist style, about the catastrophic fire that engulfed Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral in 2019. With dramatic reconstructions, digital effects and the splicing in of amateur video, social media material and genuine news footage – President Macron himself appears at one stage to be talking to an actor playing the fire chief – Annaud rips a pretty swashbuckling adventure from the…

| Police officer Ruben Ruiz made headlines yesterday after security footage showed him checking his phone during the recent gun massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on the 24th of May. Ruben Ruiz was the husband of school teacher Eva Mireles who was murdered during the assault,  and the footage highlighted that he has a Punisher logo on his phone's screen. Uvalde security footage Initially, his situation was not known, and headlines and social media criticised the officer for checking his phone rather…

You've probably read the stories proclaiming that eating blueberries reduces your risk of dementia, or red wine is good for your heart, or coffee protects against type 2 diabetes – or, indeed, many of the other big health claims for a particular "superfood". But what is the truth in these statements?  While we – a group of nutritional scientists – have been involved in this kind of research, we are not responsible for the headlines. Underneath those attention-grabbing stories, however, there is important and serious…

Both the original British and American Queer as Folk series were celebrations of queer culture that also took the time to tell stories about the violence and hatred queer people face simply for existing. In its first trailer, Peacock’s upcoming Queer as Folk reboot from Stephen Dunn appears to be following in its predecessors’ footsteps as it pulls its cast of clubgoers together for a night of drag and debauchery at Babylon, a club in New Orleans, Louisiana. The new Queer as Folk follows recent med school dropout…

Xbox Game Pass is getting a boatload of new games in the second half of May. Microsoft has announced plans to bring 12 titles to Game Pass between now and the end of the month. The haul is headlined by Sniper Elite 5, which launches on May 26. Despite being developed and published by a third-party, Sniper Elite joins Game Pass on the day of launch. This represents incredible value for money, as Sniper Elite 5 costs £54.99 over on the PlayStation Store.The latest third-person shooter from UK studio Rebellion, Sniper Elite…